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    Paesano bread in South Bay?

    , Paesano bread and champagne. OMG Problem is, my green conscience just can’t handle shipping bread from multiple states away. All of that fuel=carbon emissions to get it to me... thats just not right. So I’m hoping...

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    Earth Hour dinner

    appliances for one hour on the evening of 29 March at 8PM local time to promote electricity conservation and thus lower carbon emissions. Hmmm.... A fun excuse for a candle-lit dinner? Would love to hear if anyone’s planning...

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    canned soft drink question

    he’s mistaken about carbonation loss. Prior to opening, the soda is pressurized, which will keep the carbon dioxide dissolved in the liquid. (Although once the cans are opened, the CO2 will come out of solution faster if...

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    Sourdough dissenter

    There is indeed a difference. Sourdough starters are a mixed culture, that is there are at least two different types of microorganisms present, some sort of wild yeast that provides a great deal of flavor, and the carbon dioxide...

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    Baking Powder Vs. Baking Soda

    Both are leavoning agents - Baking Soda is Sodium Bicarbonate and needs some sort of acid added to create its leavoning power by the creation of Carbon Dioxide - Baking powder contains Sodium Bicarbnate but also has an Cream of...

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    Best red velvet recipe?

    , considering that it has such a sharp flavor. But as an acid, vinegar is often included in cake and cookie batters to react with baking soda and start the chemical reaction needed to produce carbon dioxide and give those batters...

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    fizzy drinks questions

    I’m not really sure what you mean by "greater carbonation." I believe what happened in the show was they diet (with aspartame) reacted fastest. So, the carbon dioxide turned into oxygen fastest, because there were more...

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    Nightstand Drinks

    difference between regular water and seltzer is insignificant. There’s a little carbon dioxide dissolved in it, and if you served it warm, or left it open at room temperature, most would be gone quickly. Don’t forget...

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    Chargers for Whipped Cream Dispenser

    Ur right. one is Carbon Dioxide (for soda water) the other is Nitrogen. bust with the Whip-Its!!!

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    Eating al fresco - mosquio repellent products needed

    Buy a piece of dry ice and set it in the yard away from where you’ll be dining. As it sublimates, the carbon dioxide will attract the mosquitos and draw them away from you. (IIRC, it’s the CO2 in your breath that...

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    Requested Chocolate Pound Cake

    In a bowl mix together 1 C. cocoa powder (Iprefer Scharffen Berger unsweetened and not dutched) with 2 C. a.p. flour 1/2 tsp. baking powder (Rumford if you can get it no aluminum taste and has the highest carbon dioxide yield) 1...

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    Club Orange soda

    in Ireland and it contains 11% orange juice, including pulp. It tastes orangey, the way I’ve always wanted orange sodas to taste, but they never do. The ingredients are basically sugar, water, carbon dioxide, orange juice,...

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    Federweisser (young wine) in Manhattan ?

    've had it in Germany during the harvest season (this time of year). It’s loosely capped to allow the bubbles of carbon dioxide of the ongoing alcoholic fermentation to escape, otherwise the container would explode. Also,...

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    Letting dough rest -- why the floured cloth?

    one function in life and that is to eat sugar and produce carbon dioxide, thus causing rise. Yeast work best between 85 and 115 F, but remember that as they work they produce heat, so you want to aim for about 85 F. Yeast die at...

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    There is a rock in my bottle of Guinnes

    Some Guinness is bottled with a little plastic ball that is supposed to simulate an authentic Guiness pour (creamy, very small bubbles, under nitrogen rather than carbon dioxide). I find it similar to a bar pour in all the wrong...

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